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There have been signs over the weekend that point to the crawling of JavaScript from Live Search’s bot, MSNBOT-MEDIA. The initial evidence was found as URLs for site feedback were getting crawled, and references to these URLs only existed from JavaScript files. The consequent feedback pages were also only accessible through JavaScript as well.
Upon further [...]

Given last week’s excitement over Flash files getting partially indexed, I thought it would be a good time to reconsider applicable uses of Flash in web designs. Although Flash isn’t inherently compliant with search engine optimization, it could be used appropriately in certain instances. Here’s a quick spotlight on using SWFObject for SEO benefits, followed [...]

The biggest news this week (at least from SEP’s perspective), is the announcement made by Adobe entitled, "Adobe Advances Rich Media Search on the Web." According to the press release,
Adobe is providing optimized Adobe® Flash® Player technology to Google and Yahoo! to enhance search engine indexing of the Flash file format (SWF) and uncover information [...]

Every SEO knows to avoid using Flash to build websites like it’s the plague, but there are times when a client’s needs will call for Flash elements. Graphic designers and especially animators absolutely love Flash because it’s generally easy to use and works across multiple platforms and browsers. Unfortunately, spiders will simply ignore any animation [...]